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Monday, December 01, 2008
When you start being critical ...
When you start being critical of others, you know that your are the lucky one who have some spare time on your hands.
Spend it organizing your things in a creative way and channel your energy to benefit yourself instead of wasting it critiquing others.
Spend it organizing your things in a creative way and channel your energy to benefit yourself instead of wasting it critiquing others.
Friday, November 21, 2008
The Selat Society 石叻学会
The Selat Society was officially registered on the 12th of June, 2005. It was established by 8 founding members with common interest/passion in the study of the history of Singapore.
Through academic research/fieldwork, publications and exchanges, this group hope to elucidate links with the past, enrich the understanding of our heritage and local history among members and others who share the same interest.
石叻学会成立于2005年6月12日，它是由一群本地的历史文物爱好者（吕世聪，梁丽娟、李晓梅，何奕恺、白钜炳、洪毅翰、黄沛发、曾荣松。）发起的业余组织 。
学会的理想与目标是希望通过交流、研究与出版，推动会员和同好对本土及东南亚历史与文物的认识。
Source of information:
The Selat Society 石叻学会 home page:
http://www.selatsociety.sg/
Accessed on 21 Nov 2008
NEWSLETTER of SELAT SOCIETY No 1 (March 2006)
MICA(P)337/03/2006, ISSN:1793-32342
石叻学会会讯（第一期）2006 年3 月
http://www.selatsociety.sg/newsletters/newsletter2006mar.pdf
Accessed on 21 Nov 2008
Current Activities:
Exhibition 展览
Dust-Bound Materials: Artefacts and Records for the Study of Early Chinese History in Singapore
尘封史料: 文物、文献与早期新华历史研究
Date: 1 – 26 Nov 2008
Time: 10am - 9pm daily
Venue: National Library (Victoria Street), Level 7
Admission: Free
This exhibition showcases a wide range of historical materials useful for the study of the Chinese in early Singapore. The artefacts and records on display also present some interesting historical anecdotes.
由石叻学会主办的"尘封史料-文物、文献与早年新华历史研究"展，汇集各类文物与文献实物，阐明本土研究史料的多元化，同时亦反映许多史料随着时代的发展而逐渐流逝。
Selat Society 石叻学会
Address and email:
133 New Bridge Rd #04-48,
Singapore 059413
selatsociety@yahoo.com.sg
Musings on Selat
Extracted from page 12-13, NEWSLETTER of SELAT SOCIETY No 1 (March 2006)
MICA(P)337/03/2006, ISSN:1793-32342
石叻学会会讯（第一期）2006 年3 月
http://www.selatsociety.sg/newsletters/newsletter2006mar.pdf
石叻是新加坡的旧名称，这无庸质疑，早年本地的一些历史学者亦作过考究。只是随着时间的流逝，知晓石叻之名由来的人越来越少，尤其是年轻一代。
因此无论是温故知新或是老调重弹，石叻之名的朔源，便显得很有必要。
石叻是马来语－Selat 的音译，即海峡之意。
清代时，较早以音译记录Selat 一名的中国文献是1820 年的《海录》。《海录》是由广东人谢清高（1765－1821）口述，其同乡杨炳南笔录成书的。在《海录》里，Selat 是被译称为“息辣”。
成书于道光28 年（1848）的《瀛环志略》则将Selat 称作“息力”，并将此地名标于马来半岛图的南端。
同时代周凯的《厦门志》称之为“实力”。
李钟珏在他的《新加坡风土记》这么说道：“…旧名息力又称 石叻。”李钟珏于光绪13 年（1887）旅新后著此书。
就算是到了上世纪中叶，本地老一辈华人依然将新加坡俗称为“石叻”或“石叻坡”。
本岛的一些地方, 也以石叻命名 , 例如: “石叻路”, “石叻门”。
《瀛环志略》里马来半岛图上的“息力” 实际上 , Selat 的中文译名早可能出现于中国唐代的文献。
《新唐书》卷43 引贾耽《皇华四达记》：“又两日行至军突弄山，又五日行至海硖，番人谓之质，南北百里，北岸罗越国，南岸则佛逝国，东水行四五日至柯陵国，南州之最大者。”
根据法国学者Ferrend (费琅)的考证，认为文中的“质”即新加坡与马六甲海峡。后来日本学者藤田丰八及我国的许云樵等学者多认同此说。
到了元代时，江西南昌人汪大渊的《岛夷志略》暹条中载：“近年以七百余艘来侵单马锡，攻打城池，一月不下。本处闭关而守，不敢与争，遇爪哇使臣经过，暹人开之，乃遁，遂略昔里而归。”文中的“昔里”，即是Selat 之对音。
Through academic research/fieldwork, publications and exchanges, this group hope to elucidate links with the past, enrich the understanding of our heritage and local history among members and others who share the same interest.
石叻学会成立于2005年6月12日，它是由一群本地的历史文物爱好者（吕世聪，梁丽娟、李晓梅，何奕恺、白钜炳、洪毅翰、黄沛发、曾荣松。）发起的业余组织 。
学会的理想与目标是希望通过交流、研究与出版，推动会员和同好对本土及东南亚历史与文物的认识。
Source of information:
The Selat Society 石叻学会 home page:
http://www.selatsociety.sg/
Accessed on 21 Nov 2008
NEWSLETTER of SELAT SOCIETY No 1 (March 2006)
MICA(P)337/03/2006, ISSN:1793-32342
石叻学会会讯（第一期）2006 年3 月
http://www.selatsociety.sg/newsletters/newsletter2006mar.pdf
Accessed on 21 Nov 2008
Current Activities:
Exhibition 展览
Dust-Bound Materials: Artefacts and Records for the Study of Early Chinese History in Singapore
尘封史料: 文物、文献与早期新华历史研究
Date: 1 – 26 Nov 2008
Time: 10am - 9pm daily
Venue: National Library (Victoria Street), Level 7
Admission: Free
This exhibition showcases a wide range of historical materials useful for the study of the Chinese in early Singapore. The artefacts and records on display also present some interesting historical anecdotes.
由石叻学会主办的"尘封史料-文物、文献与早年新华历史研究"展，汇集各类文物与文献实物，阐明本土研究史料的多元化，同时亦反映许多史料随着时代的发展而逐渐流逝。
Selat Society 石叻学会
Address and email:
133 New Bridge Rd #04-48,
Singapore 059413
selatsociety@yahoo.com.sg
Musings on Selat
Extracted from page 12-13, NEWSLETTER of SELAT SOCIETY No 1 (March 2006)
MICA(P)337/03/2006, ISSN:1793-32342
石叻学会会讯（第一期）2006 年3 月
http://www.selatsociety.sg/newsletters/newsletter2006mar.pdf
石叻是新加坡的旧名称，这无庸质疑，早年本地的一些历史学者亦作过考究。只是随着时间的流逝，知晓石叻之名由来的人越来越少，尤其是年轻一代。
因此无论是温故知新或是老调重弹，石叻之名的朔源，便显得很有必要。
石叻是马来语－Selat 的音译，即海峡之意。
清代时，较早以音译记录Selat 一名的中国文献是1820 年的《海录》。《海录》是由广东人谢清高（1765－1821）口述，其同乡杨炳南笔录成书的。在《海录》里，Selat 是被译称为“息辣”。
成书于道光28 年（1848）的《瀛环志略》则将Selat 称作“息力”，并将此地名标于马来半岛图的南端。
同时代周凯的《厦门志》称之为“实力”。
李钟珏在他的《新加坡风土记》这么说道：“…旧名息力又称 石叻。”李钟珏于光绪13 年（1887）旅新后著此书。
就算是到了上世纪中叶，本地老一辈华人依然将新加坡俗称为“石叻”或“石叻坡”。
本岛的一些地方, 也以石叻命名 , 例如: “石叻路”, “石叻门”。
《瀛环志略》里马来半岛图上的“息力” 实际上 , Selat 的中文译名早可能出现于中国唐代的文献。
《新唐书》卷43 引贾耽《皇华四达记》：“又两日行至军突弄山，又五日行至海硖，番人谓之质，南北百里，北岸罗越国，南岸则佛逝国，东水行四五日至柯陵国，南州之最大者。”
根据法国学者Ferrend (费琅)的考证，认为文中的“质”即新加坡与马六甲海峡。后来日本学者藤田丰八及我国的许云樵等学者多认同此说。
到了元代时，江西南昌人汪大渊的《岛夷志略》暹条中载：“近年以七百余艘来侵单马锡，攻打城池，一月不下。本处闭关而守，不敢与争，遇爪哇使臣经过，暹人开之，乃遁，遂略昔里而归。”文中的“昔里”，即是Selat 之对音。
Monday, November 17, 2008
las.singapore libraries bulletin's photostream
Library Association of Singapore (LAS) has posted most of the recent year photos published on Singapore Libraries Bulletin (2006 - to date) at flickr.com:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26743943@N00/page3/
There are only 3 pages at the moment, yet you may like to check it up from time to time to view more current photos recording activities organized by LAS.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26743943@N00/page3/
There are only 3 pages at the moment, yet you may like to check it up from time to time to view more current photos recording activities organized by LAS.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Google Earth
Google Earth
http://earth.google.com/
"Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings and even explore galaxies in the Sky. You can explore rich geographical content, save your toured places and share with others."
Google Earth Offers maps and satellite images for complex or pinpointed regional searches.
Google Earth 4.3 (beta) features:
Photo-realistic buildings from cities around the world
Dawn to dusk views with the Sunlight feature
Swoop navigation from outer space to street-level
Just wonder what you can benefit from Google Earth, take a tour via the Tutorial link below:
http://earth.google.com/tour.html
Other features:
* Photo-realistic Buildings
With Google Earth 4.3, see 3D buildings faster and in more cities than ever before.
Now you can access hundreds of new buildings from the world's cities, including San Francisco, Boston, Orlando, Munich, Zurich, and dozens more.
* Swoop Navigation
Fly seamlessly through the landscape with new navigation controls.
Swoop from outer space to street level and leap from one building top to another.
Use the look joystick to view buildings as if you were standing right in front of them.
* Light and Shadow
With the new Sunlight feature, you can watch the sunrise and sunset from anywhere.
Move the time slider to watch dusk, dawn and shadows move across the Earth.
* Street View
Street View, available in Google Maps, is now in Google Earth!
Fly into panoramic images of select cities and take a 360 degree tour.
http://earth.google.com/
"Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings and even explore galaxies in the Sky. You can explore rich geographical content, save your toured places and share with others."
Google Earth Offers maps and satellite images for complex or pinpointed regional searches.
Google Earth 4.3 (beta) features:
Photo-realistic buildings from cities around the world
Dawn to dusk views with the Sunlight feature
Swoop navigation from outer space to street-level
Just wonder what you can benefit from Google Earth, take a tour via the Tutorial link below:
http://earth.google.com/tour.html
Other features:
* Photo-realistic Buildings
With Google Earth 4.3, see 3D buildings faster and in more cities than ever before.
Now you can access hundreds of new buildings from the world's cities, including San Francisco, Boston, Orlando, Munich, Zurich, and dozens more.
* Swoop Navigation
Fly seamlessly through the landscape with new navigation controls.
Swoop from outer space to street level and leap from one building top to another.
Use the look joystick to view buildings as if you were standing right in front of them.
* Light and Shadow
With the new Sunlight feature, you can watch the sunrise and sunset from anywhere.
Move the time slider to watch dusk, dawn and shadows move across the Earth.
* Street View
Street View, available in Google Maps, is now in Google Earth!
Fly into panoramic images of select cities and take a 360 degree tour.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
British Library's Business and Intellectual Property Centre (BIPC)
I attended the National Library Guest Speaker Series on 15 Oct 2008.
The Guest Speaker Series is one of the National Library professional staff development program and Library Association of Singapore (LAS) members were invited to attend.
Here are some details of this talk:
"British Library's Business and Intellectual Property Centre (BIPC): Challenges & Future"
Speaker: Ms. Isabel Oswell, Head of Business Marketing, British Library, Busines & IP Centre
Date : 15 October 2008 (Wednesday)
Time : 4.30pm - 6.00pm
Venue : Central Lending Library Multi Purpose Room, Basement 1, National Library Building
If you miss the session, you may find some useful information on the web page:
British Library's Business and Intellectual Property Centre (BIPC)
http://www.bl.uk/bipc/
In general, the Business & IP Centre (BIPC), at the British Library in London, has business and IP (intellectual property) information for innovator and entrepreneur.
You also can learn from the success of others (50 cases) and meet like-minded people (in the lounge within the centre).
The service is free and can save you time and money!
Free e-courses, ‘Searching the Databases’, a guide to patent searching is offered this month, an essential step for any inventor.
It is on Facebook and you can become a fan of the Centre and network with over 1,800 likeminded entrepreneurs.
On their web page you may read and click the followings:
Business & IP Blogs
Read what Steve Van Dulken, British Library expert on intellectual property and Neil Infield, Business & IP Centre Manager, have to say.
Inspiring Entrepreneurs:The Secrets of Success
Find out the ingredients for business success from three superstar startups; quiz them on their experiences, and network with fellow entrepreneurs. Book online now.
Essential Market Research
Our all-day course will give you the skills you need to find out what your audience wants, from writing surveys to analysing reports.
Weird and Wonderful small display in the Centre
Over 50 ingenious gadgets are on display in the networking area, from a two handled self-pouring teapot (1886) to a clockwork burglar alarm (1852).
Find out more on your own by visiting the web site:
http://www.bl.uk/bipc/
The Guest Speaker Series is one of the National Library professional staff development program and Library Association of Singapore (LAS) members were invited to attend.
Here are some details of this talk:
"British Library's Business and Intellectual Property Centre (BIPC): Challenges & Future"
Speaker: Ms. Isabel Oswell, Head of Business Marketing, British Library, Busines & IP Centre
Date : 15 October 2008 (Wednesday)
Time : 4.30pm - 6.00pm
Venue : Central Lending Library Multi Purpose Room, Basement 1, National Library Building
If you miss the session, you may find some useful information on the web page:
British Library's Business and Intellectual Property Centre (BIPC)
http://www.bl.uk/bipc/
In general, the Business & IP Centre (BIPC), at the British Library in London, has business and IP (intellectual property) information for innovator and entrepreneur.
You also can learn from the success of others (50 cases) and meet like-minded people (in the lounge within the centre).
The service is free and can save you time and money!
Free e-courses, ‘Searching the Databases’, a guide to patent searching is offered this month, an essential step for any inventor.
It is on Facebook and you can become a fan of the Centre and network with over 1,800 likeminded entrepreneurs.
On their web page you may read and click the followings:
Business & IP Blogs
Read what Steve Van Dulken, British Library expert on intellectual property and Neil Infield, Business & IP Centre Manager, have to say.
Inspiring Entrepreneurs:The Secrets of Success
Find out the ingredients for business success from three superstar startups; quiz them on their experiences, and network with fellow entrepreneurs. Book online now.
Essential Market Research
Our all-day course will give you the skills you need to find out what your audience wants, from writing surveys to analysing reports.
Weird and Wonderful small display in the Centre
Over 50 ingenious gadgets are on display in the networking area, from a two handled self-pouring teapot (1886) to a clockwork burglar alarm (1852).
Find out more on your own by visiting the web site:
http://www.bl.uk/bipc/
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
The Free Dictionary
The Free Dictionary
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
The Free Dictionary allow you to search in 5 ways:
* Word / Article * Starts with * Ends with *Text
It is designed to be a customized home page, with optional word-related content that can be dragged, dropped or removed.
You can View Archive or Set it as Home Page.
You can simply move the modules around, and then click "Save this page" amd Save / Send the Page for yourself or to any one.
Content modules include Word of the Day, customized Word List, Spelling Bee game, synonym match-up game, Quotation of the Day, Hangman and This Day in History etc...
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
The Free Dictionary allow you to search in 5 ways:
* Word / Article * Starts with * Ends with *Text
It is designed to be a customized home page, with optional word-related content that can be dragged, dropped or removed.
You can View Archive or Set it as Home Page.
You can simply move the modules around, and then click "Save this page" amd Save / Send the Page for yourself or to any one.
Content modules include Word of the Day, customized Word List, Spelling Bee game, synonym match-up game, Quotation of the Day, Hangman and This Day in History etc...
Dictionary.com
Dictionary.com
http://dictionary.reference.com/
Dictionary.com is a multi-source dictionary search service produced by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC, a leading provider of language reference products and services on the Internet.
To use the dictionary, simply type a word in the blue search box that appears at the top of every page and then click the 'Search' button.
This will perform a search for the word in the several dictionaries hosted on the site. If you don't know how to spell the word, just guess. You will get a list of suggestions if you are wrong.
Note that Dictionary.com does not produce all the dictionaries that appear on their Web site; but simply make them available.
In that respect Dictionary.com is more like a bookstore or library than a publisher. The source of each entry is given immediately after the entry in question; follow the source link for information about the dictionary, including publisher contact information.
Dictionary.com includes biblical names, chemical elements, computer terms, international statistics, and zip codes as well as the correct spelling and definition of English words -- all in one search function.
The home page have the following sections:
Fun and Games
Daily Puzzle
Crossword Solver
Featured
Premium Membership
Word Explorer Podcasts
More »
Language Resources
Word FAQs
Grammar & Style
Translations
Text Translator
Multilingual Dictionary
Tools and Resources
CleverKeys
Plug-in for Firefox
Toolbar for Internet Explorer
More »
Word of the day
http://dictionary.reference.com/
Dictionary.com is a multi-source dictionary search service produced by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC, a leading provider of language reference products and services on the Internet.
To use the dictionary, simply type a word in the blue search box that appears at the top of every page and then click the 'Search' button.
This will perform a search for the word in the several dictionaries hosted on the site. If you don't know how to spell the word, just guess. You will get a list of suggestions if you are wrong.
Note that Dictionary.com does not produce all the dictionaries that appear on their Web site; but simply make them available.
In that respect Dictionary.com is more like a bookstore or library than a publisher. The source of each entry is given immediately after the entry in question; follow the source link for information about the dictionary, including publisher contact information.
Dictionary.com includes biblical names, chemical elements, computer terms, international statistics, and zip codes as well as the correct spelling and definition of English words -- all in one search function.
The home page have the following sections:
Fun and Games
Daily Puzzle
Crossword Solver
Featured
Premium Membership
Word Explorer Podcasts
More »
Language Resources
Word FAQs
Grammar & Style
Translations
Text Translator
Multilingual Dictionary
Tools and Resources
CleverKeys
Plug-in for Firefox
Toolbar for Internet Explorer
More »
Word of the day
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
loose wire blog: A Directory Of Bookmark Managers
A nice collection of links to online applications that manage bookmarks, web pages and photos:
Jeremy Wagstaff's
LOOSE wire: A Directory Of Bookmark ...
http://loosewire.typepad.com/blog/2005/01/a_directory_of__1.html
Jeremy Wagstaff's
LOOSE wire: A Directory Of Bookmark ...
http://loosewire.typepad.com/blog/2005/01/a_directory_of__1.html
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Last lecture from Dying professor, Dr. Randy Pausch - from Carnegie Mellon
Dr. Randy Pausch is a very inspiring person and a great source of courage and motivation. This video will leave you thinking when it's over. Take 10 minutes of your time to watch it. It would do us all some good.
Over six million people have viewed the lecture online.
Here is what he said on his web page:
"The lecture really was for my kids, but if others are finding value in it, that is wonderful. But rest assured; I'm hardly unique. Send your kids to Carnegie Mellon and the other professors here will teach them valuable life lessons long after I'm gone."
Over six million people have viewed the lecture online.
Resources for the full version of "The Last Lecture"is also available from Randy Pausch's Web site at Carnegie Mellon University:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/Here is what he said on his web page:
"The lecture really was for my kids, but if others are finding value in it, that is wonderful. But rest assured; I'm hardly unique. Send your kids to Carnegie Mellon and the other professors here will teach them valuable life lessons long after I'm gone."
-- Randy
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Scientists work on Encyclopedia of Life
On the Net:
Encyclopedia of Life: http://www.eol.orgScientists work on Encyclopedia of Life
An ambitious project: a collaboration of several big universities and museums (including Harvard & Smithsonian).
Only demo pages available currently, but looks like a wonderful source to bookmark for future reference!
http://www.eol.org/demonstration.html
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Hossan Leong
Hossan Leong
( simplified Chinese: 梁荣耀; pinyin: Liáng Róngyào; born July 10, 1969)
is an international stage and screen Singaporean actor.
Learn more about him from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossan_Leong
Visit his blog at:
http://www.miyagi.sg/hossan/
Enjoy the songs and video on his blog.
( simplified Chinese: 梁荣耀; pinyin: Liáng Róngyào; born July 10, 1969)
is an international stage and screen Singaporean actor.
Learn more about him from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossan_Leong
Visit his blog at:
http://www.miyagi.sg/hossan/
Enjoy the songs and video on his blog.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Singapura song: a search on YouTube
If you visit YouTube and do a video search on "Singapura song”, you maybe amazed by the results.
Here are a few links from the first page of the results today (26th Feb 2008).
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Visit:
http://www.youtube.com/browse?s=mp
type the search words without the Quotes " "
Search Results for “Singapura song” (word search)
1 -20 of about 105 (first 20 search results is being displayed)
type the search words with the Quotes " ", (phrase search)
Search Results for “ "Singapura song" ”
1- 4 of about 4 (only 4 search results is being displayed)
Here are 3 out of the 4 from the phrase search:
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Mr Brown Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWmLAui6OOw
Mr Brown Show...Mr Brown Show
Added: 1 year ago
From: ymheng
Views: 374,298
no rating
06:09
WE LIVE IN SINGAPURA the MTV version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch-z5s2JabY&NR=1
its on Lian He Zao Bao... cant believe it.. VISIT WWW.NCH85.DEVIANTART.COM...singapura hossen leong MTV singapore
Added: 1 year ago
From: NCHProductions
Views: 447,553
05:04
I LOVE Singapura
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEs3MciWwI4
is totally unpolitical in nature and any remarks or implications made would be purely unintentional....singapore sing song mtv satire sexy sling sex better than comedy
Added: 1 year ago
From: Dincheng
Views: 12,317
04:00
Here are a few links from the first page of the results today (26th Feb 2008).
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Visit:
http://www.youtube.com/browse?s=mp
type the search words without the Quotes " "
Search Results for “Singapura song” (word search)
1 -20 of about 105 (first 20 search results is being displayed)
type the search words with the Quotes " ", (phrase search)
Search Results for “ "Singapura song" ”
1- 4 of about 4 (only 4 search results is being displayed)
Here are 3 out of the 4 from the phrase search:
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Mr Brown Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWmLAui6OOw
Mr Brown Show...Mr Brown Show
Added: 1 year ago
From: ymheng
Views: 374,298
no rating
06:09
WE LIVE IN SINGAPURA the MTV version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch-z5s2JabY&NR=1
its on Lian He Zao Bao... cant believe it.. VISIT WWW.NCH85.DEVIANTART.COM...singapura hossen leong MTV singapore
Added: 1 year ago
From: NCHProductions
Views: 447,553
05:04
I LOVE Singapura
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEs3MciWwI4
is totally unpolitical in nature and any remarks or implications made would be purely unintentional....singapore sing song mtv satire sexy sling sex better than comedy
Added: 1 year ago
From: Dincheng
Views: 12,317
04:00
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Daily Newspaper front pages
Today's Front Page
www.newseum.org
Daily Newspaper front pages from newspapers around the world (57 countries at this moment).
At www.newseum.org just click your target city on a map or open a list to see the headlines in the city where you’re visiting.
Follow the newspaper Web link to read more about what’s going on.
Check in and see if there is something you like to know about the country before your holiday visit or your business meeting.
Update yourself on local news and know the headlines before you arrived at the airport.
Silobreaker Brings a Graphical View to News Research
www.silobreaker.com
It is an interesting news and current affairs search engine and provides relevance by analyzing at the data.
Breaking down the separate silos of information that exist in organizations and throughout industries is the reasoning behind the name Silobreaker.
The service has been made available for free now to gain traffic and also to showcase the technology.
Silobreaker, from the UK, aggregates and pulls current content from approximately 10,000 diverse sources (news, blogs, research, audio, video, shared/user generated and open access sources), provides analytics, and facilitates sharing of information.
It looks at data the way a person would, teasing out relationships and putting topics, companies and places in context. Its goal is to provide meaning, context, and insight to content using easily understood graphical tools.
View the demo and learn more about silobreaker at
http://www.demo.com/demonstrators/videolibrary.html?bcpid=1127798146&bclid=1396518815&bctid=1392526687
It is an interesting news and current affairs search engine and provides relevance by analyzing at the data.
Breaking down the separate silos of information that exist in organizations and throughout industries is the reasoning behind the name Silobreaker.
The service has been made available for free now to gain traffic and also to showcase the technology.
Silobreaker, from the UK, aggregates and pulls current content from approximately 10,000 diverse sources (news, blogs, research, audio, video, shared/user generated and open access sources), provides analytics, and facilitates sharing of information.
It looks at data the way a person would, teasing out relationships and putting topics, companies and places in context. Its goal is to provide meaning, context, and insight to content using easily understood graphical tools.
Silobreaker offers several different ways to search and view content. Any page or visualization in Silobreaker can be filtered to narrow the search and improve relevance.
- 360° Search gives a comprehensive view of all available content
- Network Search displays real-time connections and relationships in a diagram that can be clicked, manipulated, and filtered
- Hot Spots Search maps the news with geographical connections (the size of the spot indicates article volume, the darker color indicates more recent)
- Trends Search shows media attention trends on a graph
- My Page enables personalization of news monitoring and analysis
View the demo and learn more about silobreaker at
http://www.demo.com/demonstrators/videolibrary.html?bcpid=1127798146&bclid=1396518815&bctid=1392526687
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Blk 81 Tiong Poh Road: Open House on Sunday (24 Feb to 23 March 2008)
Like to view a conducive learning environment?
Open house at Blk 81, Tiong Poh Road (Behind Tiong Bahru Community Club)
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Limited to 10 visitors every half hourly
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With (Date, Time, Name or Names), e.g.,
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A confirmation SMS will be sent to you with details of full address.
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* Some INNOvative ideas/learning tips to benefit others?
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* Interesting Art & Craft project for small group learning?
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Speech made by Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, Anna Quindlen
This was a speech made by Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Anna Quindlen
at the graduation ceremony of an American university where she was
awarded an Honorary PhD.
Worth reading !!
It's so much easier to write a resume than to craft a spirit.
But a resume is cold comfort on a winter's night, or when you're sad, or broke, or lonely, or when
you've received your test results and they're not so good.
Here is my resume:
I am a good mother to three children.
I have tried never to let my work stand in the way of being a good parent.
I no longer consider myself the centre of the universe.
I show up. I listen. I try to laugh.
I am a good friend to my husband.
I have tried to make marriage vows mean what they say.
I am a good friend to my friends and they to me.
Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today, because I would be a cardboard cut out.
But I call them on the phone, and I meet them for lunch.
I would be rotten, at best mediocre at my job if those other things were not true.
You cannot be really first rate at your work if your work is all you are.
So here's what I wanted to tell you today:
Get a life. A real life, not a manic pursuit of the next promotion, the bigger pay cheque, the larger house.
Do you think you'd care so very much about those things if you blew an aneurysm one afternoon, or found a lump in your breast?
Get a life in which you notice the smell of salt water pushing itself on a breeze at the seaside,
a life in which you stop and watch how a red-tailed hawk circles over the water,
or the way a baby scowls with concentration when she tries to pick up a sweet with her thumb and first finger.
Get a life in which you are not alone.
Find people you love, and who love you.
And remember that love is not leisure, it is work.
Pick up the phone. Send an email. Write a letter.
Get a life in which you are generous. And realize that life is the best thing ever, and that you
have no business taking it for granted.
Care so deeply about its goodness that you want to spread it around.
Take money you would have spent on beer and give it to charity.
Work in a soup kitchen.
Be a big brother or sister.
All of you want to do well.
But if you do not do good too, then doing well will never be enough.
It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, and our minutes.
It is so easy to take for granted the color of our kids' eyes, the way the melody in a symphony rises and falls and disappears and rises again.
It is so easy to exist instead of to live.
I learned to live many years ago.
I learned to love the journey, not the destination.
I learned that it is not a dress rehearsal, and that today is the only guarantee you get.
I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and utterly.
And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned.
By telling them this: Consider the lilies of the field.
Look at the fuzz on a baby's ear.
Read in the back yard with the sun on your face.
Learn to be happy. And think of life as a terminal illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion as it ought to be lived".
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Thanks to my librarian friend Ms Chin Wey Tze from SPH Library for sharing the speech!
*************************************************************
Here is what I found from "Anna Quindlen" search via Yahoo:
Anna Quindlen's Commencement Speech
Mount Holyoke College
May 23, 1999
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It's so much easier to write a resume than to craft a spirit.
Think of life as a terminal illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion, as it ought to be lived.
www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Anna_Quindlen
www.newsweek.com/id/32271
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at the graduation ceremony of an American university where she was
awarded an Honorary PhD.
Worth reading !!
It's so much easier to write a resume than to craft a spirit.
But a resume is cold comfort on a winter's night, or when you're sad, or broke, or lonely, or when
you've received your test results and they're not so good.
Here is my resume:
I am a good mother to three children.
I have tried never to let my work stand in the way of being a good parent.
I no longer consider myself the centre of the universe.
I show up. I listen. I try to laugh.
I am a good friend to my husband.
I have tried to make marriage vows mean what they say.
I am a good friend to my friends and they to me.
Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today, because I would be a cardboard cut out.
But I call them on the phone, and I meet them for lunch.
I would be rotten, at best mediocre at my job if those other things were not true.
You cannot be really first rate at your work if your work is all you are.
So here's what I wanted to tell you today:
Get a life. A real life, not a manic pursuit of the next promotion, the bigger pay cheque, the larger house.
Do you think you'd care so very much about those things if you blew an aneurysm one afternoon, or found a lump in your breast?
Get a life in which you notice the smell of salt water pushing itself on a breeze at the seaside,
a life in which you stop and watch how a red-tailed hawk circles over the water,
or the way a baby scowls with concentration when she tries to pick up a sweet with her thumb and first finger.
Get a life in which you are not alone.
Find people you love, and who love you.
And remember that love is not leisure, it is work.
Pick up the phone. Send an email. Write a letter.
Get a life in which you are generous. And realize that life is the best thing ever, and that you
have no business taking it for granted.
Care so deeply about its goodness that you want to spread it around.
Take money you would have spent on beer and give it to charity.
Work in a soup kitchen.
Be a big brother or sister.
All of you want to do well.
But if you do not do good too, then doing well will never be enough.
It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, and our minutes.
It is so easy to take for granted the color of our kids' eyes, the way the melody in a symphony rises and falls and disappears and rises again.
It is so easy to exist instead of to live.
I learned to live many years ago.
I learned to love the journey, not the destination.
I learned that it is not a dress rehearsal, and that today is the only guarantee you get.
I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and utterly.
And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned.
By telling them this: Consider the lilies of the field.
Look at the fuzz on a baby's ear.
Read in the back yard with the sun on your face.
Learn to be happy. And think of life as a terminal illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion as it ought to be lived".
*************************************************************
Thanks to my librarian friend Ms Chin Wey Tze from SPH Library for sharing the speech!
*************************************************************
Here is what I found from "Anna Quindlen" search via Yahoo:
Anna Quindlen's Commencement Speech
Mount Holyoke College
May 23, 1999
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More About Anna Quindlen
Original source of information: Biography of Anna Quindlen
http://www.annaquindlen.com/bio.html
Original source of information: Biography of Anna Quindlen
http://www.annaquindlen.com/bio.html
Over the last 30 years, Anna Quindlen's work has appeared in some of America's most influential newspapers, many of its best-known magazines, and on both fiction and non-fiction bestseller lists.
She is a novelist and also writes the prestigious "Last Word" column in Newsweek magazine. Her latest novel, Blessings, is a New York Times bestseller and was recently made into a television movie starring Mary Tyler Moore. Quindlen is currently working on a new collection of essays, Loud and Clear...
She is a novelist and also writes the prestigious "Last Word" column in Newsweek magazine. Her latest novel, Blessings, is a New York Times bestseller and was recently made into a television movie starring Mary Tyler Moore. Quindlen is currently working on a new collection of essays, Loud and Clear...
A columnist at The New York Times from 1981 to 1994, in 1990 Quindlen became only the third woman in the paper’s history to write a regular column for its influential Op-Ed page when she began the nationally syndicated “Public and Private.”
A collection of those columns, Thinking Out Loud, was published by Random House in 1993 and was on The New York Times Best Seller List for more than three months.
In 1992 Quindlen won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary.
A collection of those columns, Thinking Out Loud, was published by Random House in 1993 and was on The New York Times Best Seller List for more than three months.
In 1992 Quindlen won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary.
Quindlen joined the Times in 1977 as a general assignment reporter and was named the paper's deputy metropolitan editor in 1983.
She wrote the “About New York” column from 1981 to 1983 and created the column, “Life in the 30’s” in 1985.
She wrote the “About New York” column from 1981 to 1983 and created the column, “Life in the 30’s” in 1985.
In 1995 Quindlen left the world of newspapers, which she had joined as a copy girl at age 18, to become a novelist full-time.
Quindlen has written four bestselling novels:
Object Lessons (1991),
One True Thing (1994),
Black and Blue (1998) and
Blessings (2002).
How Reading Changed My Life was released in September 1998 as was One True Thing, a Universal feature film starring Meryl Streep. Black and Blue, which spent six months on The New York Times Best Seller List, was chosen for Oprah’s Book Club, and was made into a television movie.
With the release of A Short Guide To A Happy Life in 2000, Quindlen became the first writer ever to have books appear on the fiction, nonfiction, and self-help New York Times Best Seller lists. The book sold close to a million copies.
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To learn more about Anna Quindlen, follow the links listed below:
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Quindlen has written four bestselling novels:
Object Lessons (1991),
One True Thing (1994),
Black and Blue (1998) and
Blessings (2002).
How Reading Changed My Life was released in September 1998 as was One True Thing, a Universal feature film starring Meryl Streep. Black and Blue, which spent six months on The New York Times Best Seller List, was chosen for Oprah’s Book Club, and was made into a television movie.
With the release of A Short Guide To A Happy Life in 2000, Quindlen became the first writer ever to have books appear on the fiction, nonfiction, and self-help New York Times Best Seller lists. The book sold close to a million copies.
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To learn more about Anna Quindlen, follow the links listed below:
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Anna Quindlen
Official Random House web site for author and columnist AnnaQuindlen. Includes biography, appearance schedule, reading group guides, and a book list. www.randomhouse.com/features/aquindlen
Anna Quindlen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anna Marie Quindlen (b. July 8, 1952) is an American author, journalist and opinion columnist whose New York Times column, Public and Private, won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1992. She began her journalism career in 1974 as a reporter with The New York Post. Between 1977 and 1994 she held several posts at The New York Times...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Quindlen
Anna Quindlen Quotes - The Quotations Page
I show up. I listen. I try to laugh.It's so much easier to write a resume than to craft a spirit.
Think of life as a terminal illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion, as it ought to be lived.
www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Anna_
Anna Quindlen | Newsweek.com
Newsweek magazine online plus daily news, features and commentary from our global ... and best-selling novelist Anna Quindlen joined Newsweek as a contributingwww.newsweek.com/id/32271
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Monday, January 07, 2008
Singapore Blogs : sgBlogs - Singapore's Blogosphere
Singapore Blogs : sgBlogs - Singapore's Blogosphere
Singapore's Blogosphere
Bringing You The Best of Singapore's Blogs
http://www.ling.com.sg/
Checkout the 'Snapshot' of the latest posts from Singapore's top blogs!
More?
See the Extended Snapshot or Browse the Archives.
Use the Calendar on the right to go back in time, or the Search Box at the top right to find out what different people are saying on a particular topic.
Which are the most popular/relevant Singapore blogs? Find out in our Blog Rankings.
Sinema.sg and Screeningroom.com.sg
Catch Eric Khoo's old movie at $5 per ticket at::r View 881 in
sinema.SG - The Singapore films showcase, resource and independent cinema
sinema.SG - The Singapore films showcase, resource and independent cinema
| Catch Eric Khoo’s second full length feature film, touted as “the most important Singapore film yet made” by the Guardian. www.sinema.sg |
881 - Setting the Stage ~ sinema.sg - A Singapore Cinema and Film ...
| “881 is my third film and as a director, I have always wanted to surprise people with different ways of storytelling. 881 will be Singapore’s first musical ... www.ling.com.sg/entry/setting-stage/117725 - 5k - |
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Screening Room: Where Food Meet Film
Screening Room’s strap line and concept “where food meets film” comes to life through its special food and film paired events and menus.
Screening Room combines film, food and nightlife in unique and novel ways for truly memorable experiences.
Housed in the creative heart of Singapore, in a beautiful heritage building alongside fashion boutiques and media businesses, this one stop venue has five different levels, each with a different ambiance and unique appeal; two bars, a bistro, a film theatre and a multi-function events studio.
A unique fusion of film, food and nightlife, ticket at $20 per seat excluding meal,
www.screeningroom.com.sg/ |
Come and watch the award winning classic The Godfather after enjoying a special menu in the bistro inspired by the film – of course you can expect Cannolis for dessert (from the quote “Leave the gun, take the cannolis”).
Or experience one of the food scenes from Monsoon Wedding……..or why not order a “martini, shaken not stirred”.
The food and film combination is carried through the entire building with an impressive offering of food, drink and audio-visual facilities on every single floor.
Screening Room offers a total of 12 screens, including one on the rooftop, and various broadcasting options including film, cable TV and from a PC. Perfect for creating highly customizable, unforgettable events.
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